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This is not my frog, nor is it my pic. I had never seen an albino dart frog, and thought I'd share. It is described as D. auratus.
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I just said the same thing to my wife! I wonder what the impact is on the frog's captive survivorship? Does this frog have as good of eyesight as non-albinos, etc?That is pretty freaky......Looks like a ghost frog....
I realize this happens in basically all animals in the world, I had not seen a dart frog example of it. Just wanted to share.There have been plenty of different frogs that albinism has been documented in, including: R. Reticulata, r. Ventrimaculatus, r. Lamasi from what i remember of the top of my head
The pic the OP posted is one of Brian's.Brian I know has some albinos.
I wonder why? Do they (any albino frog) have some type of deficiency other than just pigmentation? Is this common with all albino frogs?Ive seen an albino tinc personally. The guy gets them all the time but none of them last more than a few months.
That would be a terrible way to live/die if it works the way it does in humans. I imagine the most humane thing to do would be to cull the tads then??? Or can it be seen even as eggs?...but all others are think are just light sensitive.
yeah from what I hear no albinos PDFs last longIve seen an albino tinc personally. The guy gets them all the time but none of them last more than a few months.
Albinos are more prone to blindness in every creature. So it's possible they don't have full sight every animal will vary but it is a genetic deformity, it would also have a part in the shorter life span.I just said the same thing to my wife! I wonder what the impact is on the frog's captive survivorship? Does this frog have as good of eyesight as non-albinos, etc?
JBear